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Genus of hard-bodied ticks
- Ixodes is a genus of hard-bodied ticks (family Ixodidae). It includes important disease vectors of animals and humans (tick-borne disease), and some species (notably Ixodes holocyclus) inject toxins that can cause paralysis.
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Ixodes is a genus of hard-bodied ticks (family Ixodidae ). It includes important disease vectors of animals and humans ( tick-borne disease ), and some species (notably Ixodes holocyclus) inject toxins that can cause paralysis.
Ixodidae. C. L. Koch, 1844. The Ixodidae are the family of hard ticks or scale ticks, [1] one of the three families of ticks, consisting of over 700 species. They are known as 'hard ticks' because they have a scutum or hard shield, which the other major family of ticks, the 'soft ticks' ( Argasidae ), lack.
Jun 24, 2020 · Abstract. Lyme borreliosis (LB) is the archetypal emerging zoonosis and is dependent on transmission by ticks in the genus Ixodes. Understanding the origin, maintenance, and spread of these...
- Guang Xu, Ben Wielstra, Ben Wielstra, Stephen M. Rich
- 2020
Habitat. Ixodes scapularis is a non-nidiculous tick species. In the larval state, the tick feeds on a variety of mammals and birds, but most prevalently the white-footed mouse. As the tick becomes an adult, it feeds mainly on large mammals, primarily white-tailed deer.
Members of the genus, Ixodes, are known vectors of Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme disease), Babesia spp. , human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (HGE), and Russian spring-summer encephalitis virus. In North America, the two most important species medically are I. scapularis and I. pacificus .
Nov 14, 2015 · Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) are obligate hematophagous arthropods distributed worldwide. As blood sucking ectoparasites, ticks affect humans and animals by causing allergic reactions, damage to hides, decreased animal production, secondary infections, and by transmission of disease-causing pathogens [ 1 – 4 ].
